Comments

Comment by yrkamurka

From Halls of Origination trash, from what i've been told. :)

Comment by redlinez

Dropped in Grim Batol for me off the troggs at the front so I guess it's just a random world drop.

Comment by Bateleur

Dropped for us in Halls of Origination trash (normal), but might not be limited to that. Dropped couple hours after I dinged 80, and yes, right after I bought JP Tanking chest, and made that soulbound.

Comment by goatbert

Bought one just now for 4500g. A bargain, imo.

Comment by heiden

That's indeed a bargain! I have yet to see it on my server but it's huge and people usually take 15k-30k for such items these days, so i'll just aim for the blacksmith chest.

This and the Blacksmith chest is (without having gone in depth into the stats) the 2 that would be the best-in-slot pre-raiding for a tank (Prot warrior at least)

Comment by MagusVDS

dropped off random mob in Lost city. Sold for 10K in less than an hour on Laughing Skull.... if i had gotten another i would have held out for 15k with all the /whispers I received.

Comment by Iverach

Dropped off of an ogre in Twilight Higlands.

Comment by Zurr

It is a random world drop from cataclysm zones.

Comment by Travice

Just dropped in Heroic Blackrock Caverns. Was stolen from me by a DPS DK who left the group immediately after rolling need on it. Gotta love the broken loot system, I even said I'd be equipping the Chestpiece in the instance.

Comment by NeoSeraphim

Well, you can't really expect people to greed/pass on a BoE epic, since that would basically be the same as saying "No" to several thousand gold. They can play nice and pass it to you if they want, but it shouldn't be considered rude if they don't.

Comment by dementedlullaby

Kinda humorous this came up, it dropped in normal Grim Batol for me and I won it over the tank as a dps DK as well. It's an epic and I could need it. I did and won with a 100. Not to brag, I am gettting to a point. I am selling it and buying a piece of DPS gear. If mages were allowed to roll on plate I'd fully expect it to be rolled on. The real broken part of the loot system is that not everyone can roll on epic BoE's. I believe they should all be free roll period. I know this will probably be down-rated but oh well.

Comment by Crazylike

Dropped in Heroic Deadmines, on random trash. Using it as we speak.

Comment by jessemcginnis

Dropped for me last night in Uldum- the Schnottz Elite Troopers. Put it out in Trade and AH, got 8k for it 30 minutes later.

Comment by Lesovikk

Dropped for me from a Baradin Crockolisk.Needless to say it made my day. :)

Comment by Toyotacamry

This dropped off a camel in Uldum. The richest camel in all the land.

Comment by golothgor

@dementedlullaby

Regardless, if the tank needs it then he should get it. I know "you can't expect anyone to greed/pass" but if you need one of those high priced DPS pieces, why don't you save up and buy it with your own gold? That would be stupid if it was a free roll. Epic BoEs aren't meant to be sold (well, yes, they're BoE and that's an option, useful if no one CAN use it) but the point is that you have the luck to get one in a random dungeon and a boost to your gear. I'd assume that's part of the reason they drop in normal dungeons as well. It's a bit *!@#ed up when someone like you takes it for the gold, even if that gold is for another piece. Gold is so easy to come by this expansion, it's not necessary to sell one of these unless you truly are lazy. I don't think it's making a point in your argument when you state what happened for you; in fact, quite the contrary. This is exactly why Blizzard SHOULD fix the Need/Greed system. BoEs are for the extra little boost in gearing, not your gold stash.

Yes, I'm a biased tank. Managed to win this and definitely helped me out big time.

Comment by xolani

This dropped in a Heroic Run of Stonecore the other night. It was myself, my GM, and 3 PuGs from the Random Dungeon Queue. Everyone agreed to just "Greed" on the chestpiece, and it went to my GM. I was tanking, and didn't even roll "Need" on the item. Fairness is achievable in WoW, just saying. :)

My GM later gave me the chestpiece :) :) :)

Edit: Dropped off of a Sentry.

Comment by Bulchy

why all the comments all downrated?

Comment by ShuBox

I JUST GOT IT OH MY GOD YES :D

Comment by Zaryi

I DID TOO, BEAT RET PALADIN WHO ROLLED ON IT, YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

serious: freaking amazing 'pre-raid' peice, 2 sockets, great secondary stats, I'm really glad I was able to win this in a random then have to pay out 25k+ for it on the AH. Much better than the crafted chest, easily on par with t11; and makes my choice of what piece of t11 to buy so much easier.

Comment by syrimatu

got it off a ghoul in tol barad penn, sold 31k

Comment by squarepush3r

just got it too, only plate wearer in the group, and was tanking too so it was on spec!

Comment by MotaroNL

got my from ah for my DK tank

Comment by WarriorTwink60

I sold it for 38k ^^

Comment by Platipus

I found this on some random spider in Tol Barad and sold it for 25k yesterday. I jumped all over it since the crafted 359 tank pieces have been selling for 12-15k on my server.

Comment by buzz3070

World drop tanking chest piece. I'm going to assume its pretty dam good for a pre raiding piece. Expect to pay through the nose for this though.

Comment by ZaurenXT

An exceptional tanking piece. That much hit on a single piece limits reforging needs, and given that all of the best reputation epics don't have any hit on them, it fills in a sizable gap. That much parry can also become dodge or mastery as needed, further adding to the value. Alternatively, the hit can become dodge or mastery instead when you grab enough hit elsewhere. However, expect to pay a king's ransom. I found mine in a random heroic dungeon, and the paladin was nice enough to let me have it.

Comment by bfedorov11

got one for 10k.. easily worth 30k

Comment by Murakuchi

Just nabbed this on the AH for 35g, keep checking my gold cos i cant believe it :P

Comment by Felicrux

This chest is an excellent choice for a warrior tank. The high parry rating means that Hold the Line will proc more, and by reforging the hit into mastery, you'll be critically blocking quite a few hits. The two yellow sockets are also good if you decide to put the Austere meta gem in your helmet, because you'd fulfill the meta requirement on a single piece of gear.

Comment by Frumundaman

Thinking of paying 15k for this. Too much?

Comment by Vifor

I have the impression that this particular item is underbudgeted compared with other epic chest items of same ilvl:

(Since all 4 items provide same amount of stamina I just ignored that in the calculation, also I considered each gem as a equivalent of a +40 to str or a rating of choice and ignored the gem set bonus).

edit (for Phototropic, MindlessCake and other ppl that seems to have missunderstand me): I didn't claimed the socket bonus should be ignored or that it have no value, neither that u should gem with str or rating rather then with stamina. I ignored them for the purpose of simplify the item budget value calculation. This is not a post about "this is better then that because...", I simply argumented my point that this item sems to have stats alocated wrong (aka is missing like 24 points in str or a rating). Sorry if I created any confussion.

Comment by Frumundaman

Vifor..... Huh? You saying this is not a good chest? 15k too much to pay? (war tank btw)

Comment by Poddington

I found this on a regular Spider in Tol'Barad Penninsula. Tried to swap it for Dizzes Whirling Robe, but no takers so sold it for 30k gold.

Comment by Sinkatze

I was amazed yesterday when this droped for me by Frantic Geist in Shadowfang Heroic. And surprized to see the drop rate on him is 0% lol, now thats being lucky.

But very happy with the drop! :D I put in 2 green gems of +20 Mastery +30 Stamina and a +15 All Stats enchantment.

Comment by thesnakles

I just got this piece as a drop from a trash mob in Grim Batol regular. Item far surpasses my other tanking gear, especially since I socketed in two Subtle Amberjewels to increase my dodge rating by 80.

Comment by jeppie

I found this one from a mob in tol barad penninsula, it was an relentless infantry, the last one i had to do for my daily :) im a hunter myself so im gonna get some money ;)

Comment by Phlayre

Just picked this up in SFK from a trash mob. With two mastery gems and reforging the hit rating to Mastery as well this is a fairly nice tanking chest.

Would I pay loads of gold for it? No way. Is it a nice upgrade from the JP item though? For sure.

If it drops for you and you're not the sort to need an item and then sell it (asking others to pass along the way) then sure go for it... but it's certainly not in my 'must have' category.

Comment by Chungking

Worth atleast twice, if not three times then the 6000gold listed on wowhead here today.

Addons tell me its been sold for 20K+ 8 times on my server. But prices might vary from this on your server.

Dropped for me in TB, off 1 of the mobs on the dock.

It's a nice starter epic.

Comment by bobbyjr

Hardened Elementium Hauberk Is much better than this item for a tank. This is due to a low stat budget on iceborn compared to other 359 tank chests.

If you really wanted to make this better than other chests, you would have to hybrid gem, reforge it, AND change around some other gear on your character to make this chest flat out better. It seems a lot of people think that due to it being a world drop, it is automatically worth more.

Comment by shazoki

I was lucky enough to get this in a trash pull in the lost city of tolvar. Thankfully my only competition was a dps pally who didn't want it. O and it was normal mode.

Comment by Kareemkorn

This just dropped off a random mob while doing the Tol Barad dailies. Don't have a tank, so straight to the Auction House it goes. Sweetness.

Comment by frankc

i found this doing the crock quest daily in tol

Comment by Muspel

Hit is good for threat, but DPS should be holding back for a few seconds at the start of the pull, or you should have a hunter or a rogue supplying you with misdirect/tricks of the trade. After about 30 seconds into a boss fight, Vengeance will be stacked up and you'll pull ahead and STAY ahead, barring some kind of unusual boss mechanic.

Bloodydk, I didn't mean hit was essential to DKs. But it does still offer them a benefit, since if Deathstrike misses (or is dodged/parried), then you don't get it off, which means a 1.5 second delay on it. Missing six deathstrikes is one less DS/minute. Not a huge deal, but it's still something. Avoidance and mastery are still generally better, though.

This chestpiece isn't bad. But the JP chest or the set chest are generally better for warriors and paladins, because mastery is such an important stat.

Comment by Hawkyyy

Dropped for me today on my pally while doing Grim Batol normal, i won the roll so hopefully will make a nice bit of gold selling this!

Comment by Zhorun

i found this chest while doing tol barad daily quests. it dropped by the dark broodmother spiders.

i hope i can sell it for alot of cash :P

Comment by Racudis

Just dropped in Tol Barad from a Darkwood Broodmother. Khadgar Realm.

Comment by Ionite

Drops in Firelands as well. That was cruel, teasing us with a 359 epic instead of a new tier one.

Comment by Mazana

Comment by Deznaj

About a week ago, one dropped from a Darkwood Broodmother in the Tol Barad Peninsula.

It brought back memories when I first bought mine for a hard-earned 8k on the AH (which I still use as a part of my PvE armor set). Therefore, when it dropped, there was a gleam of gold in my eyes. I put it on the AH for 7k. It didn't sell... So I made it 5k. It didn't sell... After more than a week, I've set the price at 2,5k, and it's still not moving. Too bad, since it is still a very good chestpiece, although it's been overshadowed by the recent Firelands gear and Tier 11.

2,5k would still be a good profit of course. But I just keep dreaming about the 8k I spend on it...

Comment by thepostergirlx3

I looted one of these from a crocolisk doing the dailies in Tol Barad. It sold almost immediately on the AH for 5000g.

The next day I was in the same area and another one dropped from a demon while doing the D-Block daily. After freaking out for awhile and yelling, 'I'M RICH! I'M RICH!", it went onto the AH and now nobody is buying it. It's been up for about 3 days now. I'm thinking maybe I just got lucky the first time. =/

*edit*

The second one just sold for 7000g. Hopefully some more will drop for me!

Comment by Woodrun

I was running my Molten Front dailies today when this dropped from a Lava Burster. I have seen this on the AH on my server for upwards of 9K.With 2 sockets this is a huge upgrade from this.